January 18 - 20, 2018 Hosted at Winter Wyman

Young men, sophomores juniors, and seniors at St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx, will have a true Gentlemen’s experience. Through activity-based learning and guest lectures, these young men will be exposed to new competencies of emotional, conversational and story intelligence, and meet people who are experts in their field from multiple walks of life including business, finance, academia, law, and the arts. They’ll be staying in Jamestown, Rhode Island and will enjoy a special dinner at Waterman Grille. These young men will leave Providence with a newly expanded vision of the world, and a version of success on new terms, the Gentlemen’s terms.

Schedule

FridayJanuary 18th, 2018

5:30 AM

On the Road to Winter Wyman

10:00 AM

Arrive at Winter Wyman / Breakfast

11: 00 AM

Intro to Winter Wyman / Workshop 1

12:00 pm

Panel Discussion / Lunch

1:00 PM

Mock Staffing / Interviews

2:00 PM

Resume Building

3:00 PM

Leave to GR HQ

4:00

Arrive at GR HQ

5:00 PM

Prep for Dinner / Gentlemen’s Night

6:00 PM

Dinner and Workshops with Lax & Co.

7:00 PM

Workshops with Lax & Co.

10:00 PM

Leave to GR HQ

11:00 PM

Lights Out

SaturdayJanuary 19th, 2018

6:30 AM

Wake Up

7:30 AM

Breakfast / G-Talk

8:30 AM

Yoga

9:00 AM

Free time

10:00 AM

Tennis Hall of Fame

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 PM

Cliff Walk

2:00 PM

G-Talk: Azis and Jonathan

3:30 PM

Free time

4:45 PM

Prep for Annual Dinner

6:00 PM

Moctail hour at Waterman Grille

7:00 PM

GR Dinner

10:00 PM

Leave to GR HQ

SundayJanuary 20th, 2018

3:00 AM

Wake Up

4:00 AM

Leave RI

8:30 AM

Arrive in NYC

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 pm

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

11:00 PM

“The Gentlemen’s Retreat is a game-changer as we imagine innovative strategies to save and inspire our youth and in doing so, save our community,” said Brown University Professor and Bronx native Stephon Alexander, who will serve a keynote speaker at the kickoff luncheon on Friday at Providence College.

The young men attending the GR were housed in a mansion in Middletown and enjoyed dinner at one of Providence’s most elegant restaurants.

2016 and 2017 Retreat Highlights

Launch Day with Coach Cooley

To kickoff off the Gentlemen’s Retreat, Providence College basketball coach Ed Cooley addressed the young men on the PC campus. Throughout the weekend retreat, top leaders from the business and academic worlds joined the young men from the Bronx for panel discussions and workshops focused on emotional and conversational intelligence.

"You can scour the country and find plenty of hometown success stories of coaches coming back to their alma maters or the places where they grew up. But there will be few that can match the authenticity of Cooley and Providence.

He is a product of the city. Cooley was one of nine children in a family of a mother on welfare. She did what she could, but clearly Cooley felt even before he was 10 years old that he needed to seek help."- Andy Katz, ESPN Senior Writer